Polistes badius
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Polistes badius is a species of social paper wasp from the subgenus Polistes found in Africa and Yemen. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polistes badius sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 107th most-seen of the 274 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–June and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polistes badius in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in February and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Polistes badius sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Polistes badius sightings, Pretoria ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Lusaka (Zambia, about 20%) and Johannesburg (South Africa, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Polistes badius is recorded against all the insects logged in Pretoria (15 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
